Theory and Practice - What, With What and How Is BPM Taught at German Universities?

Process management has been around for about 100 years. However, it only became visible in German university teaching in the late 90s of the 20th century. Business process management (BPM), as offered in the curricula of business informatics and business administration, usually includes the design, implementation, and optimization of processes. In this context, various instruments, competences, procedures, and methods can usually be taught and conveyed. In this tutorial we present a methodology and an analysis of these teaching contents on BPM at German universities. This results in the following exemplary questions, based on which the tutorial will be conducted

  1. Which BPM concepts, technologies, frameworks, and paradigms are most taught?
  2. In which teaching forms or didactic concepts is BPM taught?
  3. Are there noticeable differences between the Business Administration and Business Information Systems degree programmes regarding the teaching of BPM?
  4. Are there noticeable differences between universities and universities of applied sciences about the teaching of BPM?

Julian Koch is a research associate and responsible for the “Laboratory for Experimental Process and ERP Research” at the South Westphalia University of Applied Sciences, Hagen, Germany. Mr. Koch has over ten years of professional experience as a software developer in various industries. He conducts research in the area of robotic process automation in conjunction with artificial intelligence and concepts of data science analysis of large text datasets.

Jannis KochJannis Koch is a research assistant and PhD student at the South Westphalia University of Applied Sciences, Hagen, Germany. He conducts research in the field of platforms and the sharing economy in conjunction with Open Science based approaches and concepts.

Maximilian StäßnerMaximilian Stäßner is a research assistant and PhD student at the South Westphalia University of Applied Sciences, Hagen, Germany. He conducts research in the area of usage characteristics, design implications, and acceptance research on platform design in relation to Open Science concepts and paradigms